I HAVE TWO REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL TODAY. First, the Vernal Equinox (spring!) officially begins at 7:21 this evening. Then, today marks…drum roll please…A Garden for the House’s second birthday! To celebrate, I’m giving away a $50 gift certificate from Wayside Gardens, the famous mail-order plant dealer. Would you like to win this shopping spree?… Read more »

DO ANY OF YOU REMEMBER the feature on centenarians that one of the TV “news-magazines” aired back in the 80s? As I recall, researches looked for common denominators in the lifestyles of several basically healthy and active people who’d achieved over 100 years of age. What they discovered was rather striking:First, none of the participants… Read more »